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Zamboanga El orgullo de Mindanao, which means “the pride of Mindanao” in the Spanish derivative language spoken in Zamboanga City, is located on the southernmost tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula 850 kilometers south of Manila. It is bounded on the east by the Moro Gulf, on the west by the Sulu Sea and on the south by the Celebes Sea and the Basilan Strait. Its proud Chavacano speaking residents aff…
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Diving in Camiguin Island Camiguin is an island located in the Northern Mindanao region. It is a volcanic island that has a shape of a pear. There are several dive sites in Camiguin Island, which makes it one of the diving destinations of the Philippines. The Kantaan dive site in Camiguin is for advanced divers. Hard corals are abundant in this dive site. Fields of Acropora Coral and Lettuce C…
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Cagayan de Oro City A long time ago, the mighty river that ran through an ancient settlement in the Land of Promise known as the island of Mindanao yielded precious gold nuggets. When Spanish Recollect friars arrived in 1622 the inhabitants referred to their settlement as Cagayan. Most of the male inhabitants were heavily tattooed like the pintados of the Visayan Islands while many of the women w…
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Dapitan Following his defeat in 1563 in the hands of the Ternatans, Datu Pagbuaya and some 800 of his followers left his kingdom in Panglao, Bohol and sailed across the seas. Upon reaching Northern Mindanao, its beautiful bay so enticed them that they felt invited, or “gitapit,” to settle on the wooded plains on the northeastern part of the bay near the Ilihan Hill. They named their settlement Da…
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